IE11 in Windows 2012r2 RDS doesn't search favorites from Address bar anymore

There is a new setting that gets enabled automatically for 'Search in the address bar'. This setting was enabled by default when the machine updated to IE11.. very easy to fix...

1) Open your IE11
2) Open 'Manage Add-Ons' from the 'Settings' icon of IE11 (the little gear looking icon at the very top right next to the star icon)
3) Select 'Search Providers' from the left side in the section for 'Add-On Types'
4) In the center pane, highlight 'BING'.
5) With 'BING' highlighted, look at the lower section of the window.
6) DESELECT the option for 'Search in the address bar......'
7) SELECT 'Prevent programs from suggesting changes...'  (OPTIONAL)
8) Select 'Close'

You have now disabled 'Searching' in the address bar and this issue should now be gone. Repeat for all browsers and search engines.

Unfortunately this didn't work for us.  By doing that it sets the "Go to an Intranet site for a single word entry in the Address bar".  Our shortcut doesn't match the path.  Example Home is the name of the shortcut, but the site is https://servername.domain.com/sites/firm/...

Thanks
Lyle

My instructions were specific to disabling the Search function in the address bar. Disabling the search function should now allow you to type in your Internal server's address and go to it, without a bing search populating.

However, upon further research, I see you are seeing the 'bug'. below is a copy/paste from MS about this...
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MS Tech Article

If users want to go directly to the intranet site, then they can either type http:// before the intranet site name or append / to the site name.

Alternatively, you can configure Internet Explorer to go to the intranet site directly by using one of the following methods.

Method 1: Using Tools menu in Internet Explorer:

Click Internet Options, click the Advanced tab, check the option Go to an intranet site for a single word entry in the Address bar.

Method 2: Using Group Policy:

Local or Domain Administrators can configure this setting by using Group Policy.

    Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
    Expand User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand Internet Explorer.
    Then expand Internet Settings, expand Advanced Settings, expand Browsing, Set Go to an intranet site for a single word entry in the Address bar according to your desired settings. You have to update policies or restart the computer to apply changes.

Method 3: Using registry key:

Important :This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

    Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
    Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
    On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry value:
    Value Name:  GotoIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntry
    Value Type:  REG_DWORD
    Value Data:  1
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Hopefully this will help you.

The issue was due to a redirected folder which we tracked down internally.  Since we could not find this situation anywhere on the Net we figured this might help someone else that attempts to use the redirected folder options.